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New West End Shows This Autumn
A number of new theatre shows will open this month, as the West End gears up for an exciting autumn season. Flashdance the Musical will no doubt grab the headlines, replacing Burn the Floor at the Shaftesbury Theatre. Elsewhere, a classic J B Priestly comedy When We Are Married will delight theatregoers at the Garrick, whilst a new stage adaptation of Yes, Prime Minister is eagerly anticipated at the Gielgud. A summary of the new September shows can be found below. | |
A Disappearing Number at the Novello Theatre
On the eve of the First World War G H Hardy, Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, begins an unlikely collaboration with an Indian prodigy. Meanwhile, in the present, a man mourns the loss of his lover, a businessman travels pursuing the future, and a scientist at CERN looks for it too. | |
Birdsong at the Comedy Theatre
While staying as the guest of a factory owner in pre-First World War France, Stephen Wraysford embarks on a passionate affair with the wife of his host. Years later, Stephen finds himself back in France, but this time as a soldier at the Battle of the Somme. As his fellow soldiers die around him, Stephen looks for hope in his unforgotten love. | |
Flashdance at the Shaftesbury Theatre
Plucky Alex is a welder by day and ‘flashdancer’ by night, whose dream is to obtain a place at the prestigious Shipley Dance Academy. The musical includes many memorable songs from the film, including the the Academy Award winning title track "Flashdance - What a Feeling". The show also features 10 brand new songs and is choreographed by Arlene Phillips. | |
When We Are Married at the Garrick Theatre
Set in 1908 in a West Yorkshire town, three well-to-do couples, the Parkers, Soppitts and Helliwells, come together to celebrate their silver wedding anniversaries. When the couples discover the vicar who married them wasn’t actually licensed, home truths fly, an old flame returns and other uninvited guests begin to call. | |
Yes, Prime Minister at the Gielgud Theatre
Prime Minister Jim Hacker, Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby and his Principal Private Secretary Bernard Woolley face a country in financial meltdown, with the only prospect of salvation coming from morally dubious allies. Yes, Prime Minister is adapted from the classic TV sitcom by original scriptwriters Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. |
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